A Study Of The Relationship Between Dong Qichang 's "Northern And Southern Religions" And Zen Buddhism

After the middle period of Ming Dynasty, Buddhism prevailed, the literati whowas fond of Zen, Zen, this period is also a Chinese traditional painting and calligraphyas a peak. Zen is divided into North and south two cases.landscape painting also has aNorth South divide. Ming Dynasty painter, esthetician Dong Qi chang will be dividedinto North and south two cases of landscape. Dong’s "light" for the cases ofideological foundation, he knows the Zen and Zhuang and influenced profoundly.Dong’s more enamored of "heart such as mirror, indifferent emptiness" realm,temperament is the southern literati painters. Dong’s "painting meditation hall" nameZhai, on each book with Zen, Zen on his great influence visible.From Dong Qichang’s paper,"North South" theory is mainly reflected in thefollowing points:1Landscape north and south two cases classification originated inthe Tang dynasty.2respected landscape painting Nanzong orthodox, the Nanzongpainting to literati painting, with a heavy down south north. The fundamental problemof3landscape painting development is the manifestation of the problem (line, hookpen Cunfa, ink rendering, color difference). Dong’s sub cases, mainly from his "light","naive nature" as his artistic purport. He thinks, landscape painting to Wang Wei andto the development of the "light" to "spontaneous" realm, he cited as Wang Wei’sevaluation of the four sentence:"Yunfeng stone trace, so the secret; write with ease,ginseng on nature" is weak and naive portrayal of nature. Dong’s marking and praisedthe "pale and nature", is Zen Buddhism and metaphysics in the Wei and Jin Dynastiesin the concept of landscape painting, but also to the basic concept of established. Herespected the concept of landscape painting authentic, and denounced heavy color,heavy Seiko another school. Dong north school theory is for the previous theoreticalsummary and sublimation, he will be the specific painter sub cases don’t send, themethod of painting, pen and further refined, undoubtedly promote the southern literatipainting, such influence and even now.China Zen is a cultural ideal, a kind of pursuit, unique self-cultivation methodthe ideal realm of life, or is a philosophy of life, art of life, the mind beyond the law.Influence of these concepts on painting almost throughout the entire China art history,Zen thought deeply the radiation of literati painting theory, aesthetics and creativeideas, give China art, especially painting be inexhaustible inexhaustible creative resources and art nutrition."North South Dayton Zen gradually" two cases, Dong alsolandscape painting "north and south two cases". Dong Qichang believes that the southis the literati landscape painting, with natural and bookish, with "the creationmechanism of insight", while the North sect is the occupation painter, depending onthe study and train hard to reach a certain ability to produce outstanding works, is"creation mechanism is built" type. This paper will restore the background of the YuanDynasty, Zen and landscape of South China, North Zen and landscape north werestudied. This paper mainly studies the influence of Zen Buddhism for Chinatraditional painting, focuses on Dong Qichang’s landscape painting and therelationship between North and South Zen, Zen and sort out into context andantecedents and consequences in painting and cases, the analysis method ofphilosophy into the Chinese painting, highlight the Zen Buddhism on the paintingtheory and aesthetic concepts.